Gawd, I just watched the Sale game and we were as bad as we were good.
So many silly penalties given away, but equally played some good heads up rugby at times.
That Cipriani chip was sublime - considering Slade's injury, Ford's shaky game and Farrell being in Dubai - if this is the first round Eddie Jones is really paying attention to then it will have done his England chances the world of good.
Mike Haley was quality for Nev Edwards' second try - step/break was ace and then his pass to Edwards was class, especially considering it was off the cuff and he was being tackled at the time.
I'd love to see him in the Saxons, if only to see him face the Barbarians. In a free flowing game like that he could produce some cracking runs/plays.
Kvesic was, as always class. Beaumont a little quieter than he has been in the past, but still playing good rugby - think it's more that teams know to keep an eye on him now, compared to when he first burst onto the scene.
Taylor was class. Few creaks at the lineout, but everything else was superb. Can really tell he used to be a 7, won some great turnovers at the ruck, and his hooking was as good as you could want. Oh how I hope the rumours of him going to Wasps are false
It's a shame we couldn't get our maul working properly - usually one of the strongest parts of our game. The one we really did get rolling did result in Hibbard being binned, but (in my biased opinion) should've been a penalty try. I don't see how hauling it down on the line could be anything other - the referee acknowledged that Hibbard stopped it as he binned him, so surely he could see that it was heading over the line at a rate of knots?
